January 6, 2012
Tortorella to coach NHL All-Stars
PITTSBURGH -- Rangers coach John Tortorella will be behind the bench of a team to be named later when the NHL All-Star Game is played in Ottawa on Jan. 29.The...
Yahoo searching for several new board candidates, sources say
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo Inc. is searching for several new board candidates to replace possible outgoing directors and has hired executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. to assist...
Mets sign infielder Cedeno
A day after saying there was little more to do than fill up the bench, Mets GM Sandy Alderson took a step in that direction Friday, with the team agreeing...
Post NBA Power Rankings: Top teams can't lock out injuries
We are two weeks into the NBA season and there have already been huge blows dealt to two of last year’s playoff teams in the Western Conference.The Spurs lost Manu...
Jets' Schottenheimer interviews for Jaguars head coach
Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer interviewed Friday for the Jacksonville Jaguars head coaching job. Now, the Jets will sit and wait to see if Schottenheimer gets the job. The Jets...
Jets RB Tomlinson talking retirement
Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson told a San Diego radio station Friday he is seriously considering ending his NFL career."I am contemplating retirement," the 11-year veteran told XX1090 in San...
NBC planning show for Betty White's 90th birthday
PASADENA, Calif. — Betty White says her plans for her upcoming 90th birthday might include "a little vodka on the rocks." The tireless actress' big day on Jan. 17 seems...
Former Penn State players unhappy with hire
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — At least three former Penn State players lashed out Friday at their alma mater’s reported plan to hire New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien as...
Jets QB McElroy cancels day at ESPN: report
Jets backup quarterback Greg McElroy, who made very critical comments on the team's chemistry this week, cancelled a day of appearances on ESPN shows Friday.USA Today reports McElroy was scheduled...
New Zealand hot air balloon crash kills 11
CARTERTON, New Zealand -- A hot air balloon carrying 11 people out for an early-morning flight burst into flames and plunged to the ground in New Zealand Saturday, killing all...
Mayweather avoids jail time until June
LAS VEGAS -- A judge in Las Vegas on Friday gave Floyd Mayweather Jr. until June 1 to turn himself in to serve a 90-day jail sentence for his guilty...
Harry Connick Jr. to guest star on 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'
LOS ANGELES -- Singer Harry Connick Jr. will join "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" as a guest star, playing a lawyer who romances the character played by the show's...
Seton Hall lands electric 2013 guard Carr
Seton Hall missed out on its top target in 2012 when St. Anthony of Jersey City star Kyle Anderson chose UCLA, but it landed the big fish for 2013 in...
New South Carolina polls show Romney in lead, Santorum gaining
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a strong lead in South Carolina before its first-in-the-south Republican primary later this month, but former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is...
Jets QB was injured, won't need surgery
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez played hurt for the final month-and-a-half of the season, but he will not require offseason surgery, a source said.Sanchez was dealing with a soreness in his...
Mason says 'window is closing' on Sanchez, Jets
Former Jets wide receiver Derrick Mason said teammates did not listen to quarterback Mark Sanchez this year because of his inconsistent play.“This year he wasn’t able to [lead] because he...
Giants' Cruz turned down 'Dancing with the Stars'
Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz revealed Friday he was officially asked to be on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” but passed on the opportunity.“Because I just want to be focused...
Texas teen deported to Colombia headed back to US
A 15-year-old Texas girl who was deported in May to South America after claiming to be an illegal immigrant was headed back to the United States on Friday, Colombian and...
Giants DE Pierre-Paul, Jets CB Revis named All-Pro
Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul and Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis were named to the The Associated Press 2011 NFL All-Pro Team on Friday Lions receiver Calvin Johnson and Vikings defensive...
Mason says Jets made him 'scapegoat'
Former Jets wide receiver Derrick Mason said he was made a “scapegoat” by the Jets for the problems in their locker room.The Jets traded Mason after five games to the...
Trial not likely for Jared Lee Loughner in 2012
PHOENIX — The mentally ill man charged in the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others isn't expected to go to trial...
Judge denies 'underwear bomber's' request for new attorney
DETROIT -- A federal judge on Friday refused to appoint a new lawyer for the Nigerian student who has confessed to trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner with explosives...
Mets hire company that helped Rangers in bankruptcy
The financial woes of the Mets have been well-chronicled, but the team insisted again Friday that despite its hiring of the same company that guided the Texas Rangers through its...
Tuck sits out Giants practice with sore shoulder
Defensive end Justin Tuck did not participate in Giants practice Friday, a potentially alarming development heading into Sunday’s NFC Wild Card playoff game against the Falcons.The Giants said Tuck’s issue...
Shumpert won't start tonight for Knicks
WASHINGTON -- Knicks rookie Iman Shumpert will not make his first career start after all tonight versus the winless Wizards.Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni sounded like a detective at a crime...
Family mourns 'bullied' SI student at funeral
Heartbroken friends and family said a painful final goodbye this morning to Amanda Cummings, the Staten Island teen who killed herself last month after what her family said was a...
US Navy rescues Iranian fishermen from pirates
The US Navy has rescued 13 Iranian sailors who were being held hostage by pirates in the Gulf of Oman. Ironically, the forces that came to their assistance were assigned...
Skateboarder held in nutty naked hotel rampage
He'll have to get some serious air to make this sky-high bail. A Manhattan judge has set bail at $75,000 bond or $10,000 cash for Jereme Rogers, the pro skateboarder...
Battered Nets will start Stevenson
TORONTO — Here’s an idea of how rough this start as been on the Nets: after tonight when DeShawn Stevenson starts for Damion James here in the eighth game of...
Romanian national busted in $1.5M ATM 'skimming' spree
An illegal alien from Romania was caught in the act yesterday while adjusting high-tech hardware that helped a gang of crooks swipe about $1.5 million from dozens of automated teller...
'Devil Inside' audience would like some pitchforks, please
It's not often you'll hear audience members shouting, "I want my money back!" -- over a chorus of boos and hisses -- as the credits roll at a FREE screening....
'Cowardly' British thief stole drowning man's bicycle
A "cowardly and despicable" British man saw a cyclist drowning in a northern English canal and rushed -- to steal his bike. Michael Houghton, a 51-year-old father of three, was...
Game 8: Nets at Raptors
Nets (1-6) at Raptors (3-3)Game Time: 7:30 p.m.Venue: Air Canada Centre, TorontoTelevision: YESNets expected starting lineup:PG Deron Williams: 17.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 6.0 apg SG MarShon Brooks: 14.1 ppg, 3.4...
Joran van der Sloot declines to enter plea, case postponed until next week
LIMA, Peru – A fidgety Joran van der Sloot told a Lima court Friday he wanted to make a "sincere confession" in the murder of a young Peruvian woman but...
Up to 25 killed in Syria blast
An explosion ripped through a busy intersection in the Syrian capital of Damascus Friday, hitting a bus carrying police and killing up to 25 people in what Syrian authorities said...
Lori Berenson back in Peru after controversial New York trip
Lori Berenson has returned to Peru from a holiday trip to New York well ahead of the court-set deadline for the American convicted of aiding leftist Peruvian rebels in the...
Slain ATF agent was a hero 'throughout his life': daughter
Family and friends of the ATF agent who was shot and killed trying to foil a New Year's Eve robbery was remembered today as a hero who always tried to...
Wrong-way driver's rampage leads to fiery crash
A crazed wrong way driver went on a wild motorized rampage in Brooklyn, killing one man in a fiery crash and wounding two others drivers, cops said. The bizarre violence...
Unemployment in the real world is 15.6%
Unemployment went down again to 8.5 percent. The White House is thrilled because any drop in unemployment gets President Obama closer to a second term. Trouble is the 8.5 percent...
Judge orders suspect's mouth taped shut in Penn. court
JOHNSTOWN, Penn. -- A Pennsylvania judge ordered a suspect's mouth to be taped shut during jury selection in an assault case after the man repeatedly interrupted proceedings, The Tribune-Democrat reported....
Red Bulls Thierry Henry talks about Arsenal return
Red Bull captain Thierry Henry completed his lone move back to Arsenal today, but he has a message for the fans of his team back in New York. While he's making...
Kurt Angle eyes spot on Olympic wrestling team
It’s been nearly 16 years since Kurt Angle won his Olympic gold medal. Since then, Angle has had five neck injuries, become a major star for two professional wrestling organizations,...
'Jersey Shore' recap - Season 5, episode 1
Everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure is back for its fifth season, so that means every Friday the Post will be your source for all of the tanned and gelled action from...
'Disturbed' mom stabs, kills 3-year-old B'klyn girl
A 29-year-old Brooklyn mother attacked a three-year-old daughter early today, stabbing her in the jaw and head, authorities said. The stabber is believed to be the toddler's emotionally-disturbed mother, who...
US teen deported to Colombia to return Friday
EL PASO, Texas — A 15-year-old Texas girl who was deported in May to South America after claiming to be an illegal immigrant will return home Friday, a Colombian official...
CHAT REWIND: Paul Schwartz on Giants-Falcons
Post beat writer Paul Schwartz answered your questions on the Giants-Falcons NFC Wild Card playoff game Friday.The teams play Sunday at 1 p.m. at MetLife Stadium. The Giants enter the...
Unemployment rate dips to 8.5%, lowest in 3 years
WASHINGTON — A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011....
11-year-old Bronx boy shot after bullet blasts through apartment door
An 11-year-old boy was wounded last night after a bullet tore through the front door of his Bronx apartment, police sources said. The child, whose name was not immediately released,...
Archbishop Timothy Dolan one of 22 new cardinals named by Pope Benedict XVI
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan was named a cardinal today by the Vatican, an announcement that he called a "privilege" and a message from Rome that the city remains an...
Girls basketball roundup: Sea surges past St. Joseph Hill
A big fourth quarter led St. Joseph by the Sea to key league win. The Vikings outscored St. Joseph Hill 22-12 in the fourth quarter to rally for a 59-46...
UPDATED: Rose Classic Super Jam schedule
Bishop Ford coach Mike Toro and Rose Classic director Anton Marchand changed the Rose Classic Super Jam schedule around to allow people to attend the wake and funeral of former...
A New Year's Resolution event schedule
The New Jersey Sparks are hosting a girls basketball event featuring high-caliber teams from all over the tri-state area. “A New Year’s Resolution” will be held Friday through Sunday at...
Zigging to the top: Soccer star turns into wrestling champ at Wingate
McZiggy Richards was already an accomplished athlete, an undoubted future college scholarship soccer player. He played goalkeeper for the St. Vincent U17 national team and starred for Wingate in net....
N.O. stopping Brees-Payton Super combo
STEVE SERBY’S ROAD TO INDIANAPOLIS WILD-CARD ROUND AFC BENGALS 24, TEXANS 20: In a battle of elite defensive coordinators and rookie quarterbacks, give the edge to Mike Zimmer vs. T.J....
How Giants can beat Falcons
Seeking the best formula for the Giants to beat the Falcons in Sunday’s NFC Wild Card matchup at MetLife Stadium, The Post reached out to two former NFL players turned...
INSIDE PSAL GIRLS HOOPS: New 'AA' league wide open, dynamic duo lead LMU
For the first time in a very long time, the PSAL girls basketball city championship is up for grabs, a veritable jump ball. League coaches believe any number of teams...
Rangers’ Staal limited later in game
Marc Staal led Rangers defensemen with 7:10 of ice time during the first period of last night’s 3-2 overtime victory over the Panthers at Madison Square Garden, but the alternate...
Late Christmas gift: Muhammed returns to lead Kennedy
Johnny Mathis’ mission is to get to Madison Square Garden, not play like the team which inhabits it. For much of the season, his team didn’t seem capable of the...
Devils' Elias to have 'grand' night against Panthers
The Devils’ all-time leading scorer hopes his 1,000th game tonight is nothing like No. 999 — Wednesday’s 6-1 loss to the Bruins, which had that hellish 666 quality to it....
St. John’s closing in on former Texas A&M guard
St. John’s is close to landing a verbal commitment from highly sought-after combo guard Jamal Branch, who is transferring from Texas A&M, The Post has learned. Branch is leaning toward...
Cod galore for anglers
The New York boat show should offer most boaters and anglers an opportunity to stretch their legs and their wallets this weekend while other will explore offshore wrecks for what...
Late coach's family angry; teams refuse to play Nazareth
The controversy swirling around Apache Paschall continued two days after his death Thursday. The decisions by Bishop Ford and Christ the King administrations to decline to play against Nazareth this...
Former CK star Bria Smith set for homecoming as Cards visit St. John's
Jeff Walz couldn’t help but notice something different about Bria Smith at practice as he was going over a scouting report. “We started going over some St. John’s stuff to...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Whitehead's 3-pointer lifts Lincoln past Robeson
For the second straight league contest, Isaiah Whitehead saved Lincoln from shocking defeat. The standout sophomore sank a game-winning 3-pointer in the final seconds of the Railsplitters’ come-from-behind, 55-53 at...
Business briefs
Picard winIrving Picard, the Bernard Madoff bankruptcy trustee, won a legal victory as a federal judge ruled that investors who sent money indirectly to Madoff’s firm through so-called feeder funds...
Barnes & Noble’s book bind: Stock sinks on Nook spin-off talk, poor sales
Business has been disappointing — so let’s take it public! That’s the weird discussion going on inside Barnes & Noble, which said yesterday it’s mulling a spin-off of its Nook...
Macy’s shines as retailers report sales
Retailers more or less reached their sales targets for holiday sales — but getting there wasn’t always a pretty process.Big chains including Target, Kohl’s and JC Penney resorted to discounting...
Sprint waits on LightSquared
Sprint Nextel Corp. put its investment in a partnership with LightSquared Inc. on hold as the wireless venture seeks an operating license from US regulators, Sprint Chief Executive Officer Dan...
Ron Burkle breaks into movie biz at last
After a number of failed attempts to buy his way into Hollywood, supermarket magnate Ron Burkle finally made a splash — or at least a small ripple — in the...
‘General Patton’ bids farewell to News troops
One day after Mort Zuckerman shook up his Daily News by cutting loose the paper’s editor, the deposed leader gave a farewell address to the troops.Kevin Convey, the longtime Boston...
Hedge funds get an 'F'
Hedge funds, which are supposed to outperform stocks and bonds in up and down markets, have failed again. Overall, hedge funds lost roughly 4 percent in 2011, marking the $1.7...
Lionsgate can’t reach Summit
The on-and-off merger talks between Lionsgate Entertainment and Summit Entertainment are on the rocks again, dimming hopes of a deal between two of Hollywood’s largest independent studios, The Post has...
Refi talks lift BofA
Bank of America, the second-biggest US lender, surged the most in two months of trading amid speculation that the US may introduce a new mortgage refinancing program. The bank rose...
Firm is drilling 2 deals
New York private-equity firm Riverstone Holdings’ $1 billion piece of a bid to buy El Paso Corp.’s oil and natural gas exploration and production unit will rescue a very interesting...
Feds: Gupta tipped Raj
Former Procter & Gamble Director Rajat Gupta, who was indicted last year for insider trading, illegally tipped now-convicted hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam about P&G’s 2008 sale of Folgers Coffee...
Online poker could come to New York and New Jersey by end of year
Poker lovers in New York and New Jersey could be placing bets online by the end of the year. With Uncle Sam recently deciding that online casino games were legal,...
WebMD is on Yahoo!
The Weather Channel and WebMD Health. are among companies Yahoo! is interested in owning as part of a tax-efficient asset swap with Alibaba and Softbank, said three people with knowledge...
‘Card shark’ bitten
A career thug was ordered held in lieu of $150,000 cash bail on credit-card larceny yesterday, after prosecutors said he had graduated from violent felonies to white-collar crime. Gregory Portacio,...
PA sics tax man on retirees in E-Z war
The Port Authority is retaliating against tight-fisted retirees suing to get back their lifetime free E-ZPass perks — by sending their names to the tax man to ensure they’ve reported...
‘Molotov fury’ ’fess
Firebomb menace Ray Lazier Lengend confessed to cops that he attacked a Queens mosque because “I hate all Muslims and Arabs. They’ve been trying to take over my life for...
Hi-tech 911 call center
It took three years longer than planned, but the city has finally integrated emergency police, fire and medical calls at a single location that can instantly display a caller’s location...
Subway chaos due
The holiday hangover on the city’s subway system kicks in this weekend.The MTA — which took a break from most underground construction in December — is making up for lost...
Deliveryman dead in hit-run
A Brooklyn food deliveryman was killed last night when a hit-and-run driver slammed into his motor scooter. Witnesses told police the man landed on the hood of a Nissan SUV...
Parking-coma retrial
A March retrial date has been set for the muscle-bound Brooklyn electrician who allegedly punched a woman into a coma as they argued over an East Village parking spot.Oscar Fuller...
Prenup ash canned
Her storybook romance went up in smoke. The wife of millionaire smoke-shop kingpin Peter Petrakis got a Long Island judge to throw out a one-sided prenup agreement she claims her...
Teen dies in ‘hit-run’
A Brooklyn teen was killed in a hit-run accident by a van driver with a revoked license, police said yesterday.Davonte Jeffers died at Kings County Hospital after he was run...
Mountin’ of ‘fix’ evidence
There’s an avalanche of evidence to sort through in the NYPD ticket-fixing scandal, including a staggering 139,000 secretly recorded phone calls, lawyers on the case said yesterday. The revelation came...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens***The NYPD yesterday rounded up 10 members of a Flushing gang responsible for two brutal attacks and for conspiring to murder rival thugs, authorities said.Police since 2007 have been investigating...
Feds bust Colombo big for money laundering
In another blow to New York's embattled Colombo crime family, FBI agents yesterday arrested its reputed consigliere and charged him with money laundering offenses. Thomas Farese - who sources said...
Cops eye bully suicide
The NYPD is investigating whether there was criminality in the suicide death of bullied Staten Island teen Amanda Cummings. The probe “is continuing,” said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. Amanda, 15,...
Feds' Mafia team join probe into disappearance of Conn. newlywed
New York-based FBI agents assigned to the Russian organized-crime task force have joined the federal probe into the disappearance of a young Connecticut newlywed on his honeymoon cruise in 2005,...
Elevator ‘crippling’
A star fitness trainer was crippled in a horrifying elevator mishap in his Midtown West apartment building, court papers say. In a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit, Corey Hill says he'd...
Bike-mowdown kin vs. police
The parents of a bicyclist who was killed by a truck in Brooklyn have gone to court to force the NYPD to turn over documents relating to their son’s death....
‘Proof’ of robbery
This “brandy bandit” should have saved the celebrating until after the heist. A gun-toting thug was busted Tuesday after detectives traced his fingerprints off a bottle of cheap booze he...
‘Jail farewell’ tour
A Queens landlord is a free man after being acquitted of murder yesterday — but his freedom train is making stops at both Rikers Island and an upstate prison. Jailed...
Ex-jailhouse rabbi’s rent plea
The former jailhouse rabbi who lost his job for granting favors to Jewish inmates pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court yesterday to charges he scammed more than $220,000 in...
She’s baaaack!
At least cats have nine lives. A bored-silly Casey Anthony broke her silence for the first time in a bizarre, rambling video diary posted to YouTube in which she wistfully...
Arrest in 2010 slay
Police yesterday arrested a suspect in the 2010 fatal shooting of a bread deliveryman in Brooklyn. Cops believe Anthony Martinez, 24, fired randomly from the roof of a housing project...
Lesson in lobbying
The city teachers union boosted its spending on lobbying, rallies and related political action by nearly 44 percent last year — dishing out $3.8 million to plow its political will....
Wage heat on Quinn
Pressure is mounting on City Council Speaker Christine Quinn — a 2013 mayoral hopeful — to take a stand on a living-wage bill that would mandate higher pay for employees...
Prints & the paupers 2
Mayor Bloomberg isn’t giving up on fingerprinting food-stamp applicants, despite Gov. Cuomo’s announcement that he intends to override the city and wipe out the requirement. “People say if there’s no...
Pol: Don’t fuel with Indian Pt.
ALBANY — The state Senate’s top energy man yesterday threw some cooling water on Gov. Cuomo’s desire to close Indian Point. Senate Energy Committee chairman George Maziarz said that shuttering...
$2M – with love
Big-hearted New Yorkers and people from across the country have raised an incredible $2 million for the four daughters of slain NYPD Detective Peter Figoski. “That’s extraordinary!” said Christine Figoski,...
Liz Taylor relic takes the cake
Let them eat cake. Very old chocolate cake.A writer who saved the 4-inch individual birthday cake she was served at Elizabeth Taylor’s 60th birthday party in 1992 has taken the...
Skater in hotel ‘thrash’
Maybe he was channeling Charlie Sheen. A screwy pro skateboarder landed in the slammer yesterday after going on a nutty naked rampage at a Manhattan hotel, law-enforcement sources said. Jereme...
Mom gives brave eulogy for girls killed in Christmas fire
Impossibly brave Manhattan ad exec Madonna Badger fought through tears and unfathomable grief yesterday to deliver a moving eulogy for her three young daughters lost in a horrific Christmas fire....
Celebs from fashion and arts among the mourners
Several celebrities were among some 1,000 New Yorkers who filed into Saint Thomas Church in Midtown yesterday to wish Madonna Badger’s three little angels a safe trip to heaven. Famed...
Special bond of daughters
There’s something about daughters. They bounce back up as quickly as our sons, but it tears us up inside to watch them fall. So, when someone’s little girls are looking...
Mitt’s fund-raising dwarfs opponents’
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney’s huge financial advantage will make it difficult for rivals to block his bid for the White House.The former Massachusetts governor — who will hold another...
O vows lean & mean defense
President Obama made a rare appearance at the Pentagon yesterday to unveil an American military strategy with a smaller Army and Marine Corps, more high-tech weapons and a shift in...
Bam move ‘courts’ trouble
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head a controversial consumer-protection bureau has sparked a schoolyard brawl, with Republicans already threatening lawsuits.Tom Donahue, head of the powerful...
Rickin’ and rollin’
MANCHESTER, NH — Granite State voters are giving GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum a fresh look, and they like what they see. Feeling a bounce from his strong No. 2...
World Trade money-suck
The Port Authority’s gargantuan World Trade Center Transportation Hub is costing the cast-strapped agency nearly $900 million, a Post analysis finds — though it was supposed to cost nothing. That...
Overpaid bus drivers — or pawns of the MTA?
The Issue: Bus drivers who played chess on the job because of service cuts during the holidays. *** Thanks to The Post, New Yorkers know why that bus they were...
New York stands tall
Take pride, New York. Your unrivaled generosity — and deep devotion to those who put their lives on the line to protect a great city — are legendary. No surprise,...
The boot for Vito ally
It’s long overdue, but City Hall has finally ousted a key political ally of Assemblyman Vito Lopez as head of his powerful Ridgewood-Bushwick social-services empire. As The Post’s David Seifman...
Gutting defense
Hard not to see this one coming. President Obama orders about half-a-trillion dollars in defense cuts, and then asks for a strategic “review” — which, surprise, tells us that the...
This power grab’s a sign of weakness
President Obama’s executive power-grab this week — making four “recess” appointments when the Senate isn’t in recess — is a mark not of his strength, but of his relative weakness....
‘Faith’ will be their salvation
Those who slogged through the $12 million revival of “On a Clear Day [You Can See How Bad It Is]” leave saying the same thing: Never have they seen a...
Hip-hop hooray, though ‘Garden’ needs pruning
The Focus Dance festival trains its sights on up-and-coming companies — eight in all. The first half of Wednesday’s double bill had laser focus — the second still had clarity,...
Jukebox is baroque
A superstar tenor, a bouquet of baroque arias and a stageful of eye-popping sets make a less than magical evening at the Met’s “The Enchanted Island.” If the title’s unfamiliar,...
It’s About You
"There should be a place where privacy is respected,’’ says Kurt Markus, who makes an inauspicious directing debut with this tedious vanity documentary, which he co-helmed with his son Ian....
Beneath the Darkness
Even Dennis Quaid’s uncharacteristic hamming as a mad mortician in a small Texas town can’t save this silly, scare-free horror film briefly haunting theaters en route to entombment on home...
Norwegian Wood
For a sex movie, “Norwegian Wood” is about as dry as a pocketful of sand. Even for a film set in a land that considers paper folding an exciting activity,...
Roadie
Definition of from bad to worse: Jimmy is a roadie. Who’s unemployed. And moves back in with his mom. In Queens. With a fringe of blond hair and huge sideburns,...
Sidekick no more!
Gayle King is starving. “I’m so damned hungry, I could chomp your leg off,” the newly anointed face of “CBS This Morning” declares, as she bursts into her sparsely decorated...
The Post Line
NFL Playoffs Tomorrow Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog TEXANS 3 3 (38½) Bengals SAINTS 10 10½ (59½) Lions Sunday GIANTS 3½ 3 (47½) Falcons Steelers 8 8½ (34) BRONCOS NCAA...
Giants have enough to make deep playoff run: analyst
After 16 games of inconsistency, frustration and consternation, the Giants have found their way into the playoffs. At 9-7, they are among the NFL’s final 12 teams because of a...
Sports Shorts
Hoops: Indiana tops Michigan Christian Watford scored 25 points and connected on 1-of-2 free throws with 2.9 seconds left last night, leading the 12th-ranked Hoosiers to a 73-71 victory over...
Finalists named for Eclipse Awards
Finalists for the 2011 Eclipse Awards to honor last year’s top performers in thoroughbred racing were released yesterday, as voted upon by members of the National Thoroughbred Racing Assn., the...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m&70yds; $30,000; clm($10,000); 4up(f)MS. BIRD WATCH stretches out for local return after closing to finish second at Parx while...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $27,000; clm($7,500); 4upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Leap Day(L),116JRodriguz5-4-3J Russo20-12 Ocala Rocket(L),123J Davis11-9-8Proctor30-13 Drink WithPride(L),123J Alvarado4-4-7Araya3-14 Zone Breaker(L),123JValdiviaJr2-8-3Barker8-15 Sumfun(L),118R Curatolo7-8-9Araya15-16 Poppa's Pick(L),123D Cohen9-6-4Jacobson5-27...
Aqueduct Charts
January 5th, 2012 Clear and Fast©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $29,00; clm($7,500); 4up(f)Off: 12:21. Good. speed 2p, hard driveTime: 23.72, 47.13, 59.75, 1:13.23.Trainer: Dominic GalluscioWinner: GR/RO M, 6, by...
Vic C.’s Tampa Bay Grade
FIRST-1 mile; $10,300; clm; 4up3-Elissa Greeley 7-26-Occultation 5-21-Too Shy to Tell 9-27-Ancient Eyes 5-12-Wadocashski 20-18-Lavender Lane 4-14-Jamie's Ticket 15-19-Lucky Brew 12-15-Justoutftheble30-1SECOND-6 fur; $14,500; clm; 4up7-She'saRockette3-14-Aracnaphobia 8-11-Alexandria Wa 5-15-Gallop Girl 4-12-Just...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Silent Swing (5th)FIRST: mile pace; $14,000; cond9 Stacked Deck(MKakaley)2-3-69-23 Reilly's Daughter(AMiller)2-3-57-25 Honorary Hanover(DMiller)1-3-13-11 Shortest Distance(BDobson)5-1-112-12 Dragon Princess(TTetrick)4-5-910-14 Trust My Heart(DDube)2-6-212-16 Cool Ashlee(JPantaleano)2-3-515-17 My Lady Bonnard(PBerry)1-5-715-18...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:35 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderPost Time: 12:35 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $21,500; alw; 4up(f)ANNIE ROE came off pace to win her last two starts. ONE LAST...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1 mile; $16,500; clm($12,500); 4up9L Mlndrn (RoccJr.)4.203.202.406Anthensome (Desormux)6.003.403Lucky and Sweet (Centeno)2.40Scr: Key Krew, Natasha's Gold.* Exacta (9-6) $25.60 * $1 Trifecta (9-6-3) $26.90Winner picked by DasilvaSECOND-1 mile; $19,000; clm($15,000); 3YO1Mss...
Fair Grounds Results
FIRST-6f; $18,000; cl($12,500); 3YO 5 Dynmt Lnn D (Nprvnk) 5.80 3.00 2.40 7 Hudson's Creed (Sellers) 3.20 2.20 3 Goldenexpcttons (Brdgmohn) 2.20 * Exacta (5-7) $17.20 * Trifecta (5-7-3) $34.40...
Broncs cheer for ‘D’
DENVER — This one’s on the Broncos defense. Not Tim Tebow. Not God. If the Broncos are going to upset the heavily favored Steelers in Sunday’s wild-card game at Mile...
Nets have first practice since start of season
TORONTO — To borrow a notable quote from one of life’s great philosophers, Allen Iverson, the banged-up and ailing Nets yesterday weren’t talking about the game. “We’re not talking about...
Former Jets DL says Sanchez unable to lead
The rips keep on coming. A day after Jets rookie backup quarterback Greg McElroy called teammates “selfish” and said the locker room had a “corrupt mindset,” former nose tackle Kris...
Home Team Lineups
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Mets re-sign Hairston
The Mets agreed to bring outfielder Scott Hairston back on a one-year deal yesterday, pending a physical and introduced the two new members of their bullpen, Jon Rauch and Frank...
Red-hot Rangers defeat Panthers in overtime
So John Tortorella is either being realistic or the Rangers’ coach is attempting to minimize the hoopla surrounding his team in consistently downplaying its record and first-place standing as those...
Mets say Santana on track for spring training
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said he expects Johan Santana to be “ready to go” for spring training, saying the left-hander has been throwing for three weeks and making progress...
Yankees can’t reach deal with Nakajima
The Yankees and Hiroyuki Nakajima seemed an unlikely pairing from the start and yesterday that became official. Nakajima, the Japanese infielder whom the Yankees won negotiating rights for $2 million...
Pressure on D’Antoni as skidding Knicks hit road
Following Wednesday night’s horrific loss to Charlotte, Carmelo Anthony told his Knicks teammates, “It can’t get any worse.’’ Oh, yes, it can. The stumbling Knicks face the 0-6 Wizards tonight...
Shumpert might start tonight for Knicks
Mike D’Antoni said he is considering elevating popular rookie combo guard Iman Shumpert into the Knicks starting lineup for tonight’s game in Washington. Shumpert would most likely replace struggling shooting...
Isiah says Knicks needed guards more than Tyson
Maybe this is a good sign. Isiah Thomas, FIU coach and former Knicks president, finally spoke out on the club’s acquisition of center Tyson Chandler and did not sound enthused....
Kings’ selfish stars end Westphal’s reign
I don’t dare deny the plain possibility the NBA may have over-dribbled past Paul Westphal, as it has for so many oldies but goodies. Just as I won’t reject the...
Serby’s Q&A with ... Antrel Rolle
Steve Serby talks with the Giants outspoken safety about the team’s chances in Sunday’s NFC Wild Card game against the Falcons at MetLife Stadium. Q: Describe the mentality of every...
Giants QB his own 'Mann' now
Even when he did the improbable and led the Giants to an upset of the unbeaten Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, Eli Manning was still the little brother. He was...
Giants TE Ballard expects to play
All systems go. That’s the word from Giants tight end Jake Ballard, who has missed the past two games with a partially torn posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee...
Big Blue can do
The Falcons are a team that’s never quite as good as you think they should be. You add the perceived value of Matt Ryan to Michael Turner to Julio Jones...
O/U Rico
Rico finished the year going 7-9 (1-2 Best Bets) on the Over/Unders. The final record was 121-129-6 (23-25-3). The league went an incredible 125 overs, 125 unders and 6 pushes....
Sunday's Best
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Big and Easy: Saints unbeatable at dome
Football expert Phil Steele is owner and publisher of Phil Steele’s College Football Preview, regarded as the college football bible. Get in-depth coverage of football 24/7/365 at PhilSteele.com. TOMORROW SAINTS...
Hondo brings home Best Bet title — again
Hondo, summoning all of his expertise, guile and determination, fought off his challengers last week to capture a second straight Bettor’s Guide Best Bet Championship. His success is becoming one...
Giants-Falcons matchups
The Jets brought out the fire. The Cowboys brought out the fury. The Giants turned up the heat in both those games and surged into the playoffs. On Sunday, they...
Coach guides Giants through storm
It was pushing midnight, the Monday after Thanksgiving, and the Giants had just littered the Superdome with some of the most rancid, uninspired football you ever will see. There were...
Giants look to hit ground running vs. Falcons
For a team that finished the regular season with the worst rushing stats in the NFL, the Giants enter Sunday’s NFC Wild Card game at MetLife Stadium against the Falcons...
Falcons rookie Jones made adjustments like pro
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Julio Jones wasn’t exactly making the Falcons look like draft-day geniuses midway through this season. Atlanta had mortgaged its draft for the supremely talented Alabama wide...
Falcons take steps to stop Giants WR Cruz
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — An intermediate-level salsa dancer himself, Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud considers himself a fan of Victor Cruz’s trademark touchdown celebration. “I’d consider him right below ‘advanced’ level,”...
Giants' Pierre-Paul modern-day Monster of the Meadowlands
The Monster of the Meadowlands is carrying a paper plate covered by a sandwich and potato chips past the Giants locker room out toward the January chill. I ask him...
Umenyiora enjoying what he thinks will be final season with Giants
Osi Umenyiora is smiling. Laughing, actually. Talking about “really cherishing this opportunity, probably more than anybody.’’ He did not say it and did not have to: Umenyiora thinks this is...
‘Firm’ grasp on the past
Poor Mitch McDeere, no matter how hard he tries to be a good, decent and honest lawyer, he’s always too busy ducking assassins to build his career. If Mitch’s name...
Kelly to do ‘Voice’
Kelly Clarkson is playing for the other team. The first — and best-selling — winner of “American Idol” will appear this season as a mentor on rival singing competition “The...
Two can Flay game
Bobby Flay and rising-star Giada DeLaurentiis are in talks to host a “Regis and Kelly”-like daily show — perhaps as soon as next year. The red-headed chef and pretty granddaughter...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYJENNIFER MORRISON, HARLEY PASTERNAK - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7KRISTEN BELL, JENNIFER MORRISON - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7CRAIG SHIRLEY - The Daily Show with Jon...
Seacrest could leave ‘Idol’ this year
This could be Ryan Seacrest’s final year hosting “American Idol.” Seacrest, who’s been with “Idol” for all 11 seasons, is facing a likely pay cut from his expiring three-year, $45...
Starr report
Television multi-hyphenate Neal Baer is one of those guys who’s so busy that you get tired just thinking about his schedule. The former “ER” and “Law & Order” executive producer...
Who’s zooming who!
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Casino giant’s $4B gamble
ALBANY — Casino giant Genting boasted yesterday that its proposed biggest-in-the-nation convention center next to Aqueduct Racetrack would bring tens of thousands of new jobs and “untold billions” in tax...
Weird but true
If you ever wanted to get a Jesus tramp stamp, this is the place to go. A church in Flint, Mich., has opened up a tattoo parlor in its building...
5 questions for Danny Kanell
ESPN college football analyst Danny Kanell, former Giants and Florida State quarterback, talks about the LSU-Alabama BCS Championship rematch between LSU and Alabama with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: Were...
St. John's coach Lavin unlikely to return in 2012
St. John’s coach Steve Lavin will most probably not coach this season and he’s been instructed by university president Father Donald J. Harrington not to return to the bench unless...
Penn St. to hire O’Brien
In many ways Bill O’Brien has a wonderful profile to qualify as a Penn State football coach. He has worked at some strong college programs on the East Coast —...
Turnaround complete, K-State faces SEC test
ARLINGTON, Texas — For coach Bill Snyder’s second Wildcat turnaround and 11th-ranked Kansas State’s surprising season, the Cotton Bowl is an appropriate ending. When the Wildcats first played in the...
Jets corner Revis has fan in LSU Heisman finalist Mathieu
NEW ORLEANS — Heisman Trophy finalist Tyrann Mathieu had a new number and a new nickname yesterday in practice — but it wasn’t out of fear Alabama was spying on...
CHSAA/Private boys basketball roundup: York Prep shocks Riverdale
If this keeps up, York Prep won’t have to worry about a low seed in the NYSAISAA Class C tournament. The tiny Manhattan private school edged Ivy Prep League foe...
St. Anthony transfer Andrews makes Boys High debut in win
Rashad Andrews, the talented 6-foot-4 senior wing who left national power St. Anthony (N.J.) for Boys & Girls nearly a month ago, made his PSAL debut in Boys & Girls’...
Gaborik puts Rangers on top of NHL with OT goal
Marian Gaborik scored 3:29 into overtime for the Rangers, who outlasted the Panthers 3-2 and moved to the top of the NHL standings on Thursday night with their eighth win...
Bandit busted after leaving prints on cheap booze
This “brandy bandit” should have saved the celebrating until after the heist. A gun-toting thug was busted Tuesday after detectives traced his fingerprints off a bottle of cheap booze he...
City subways hit with massive service changes
The holiday hangover on the city’s subway system kicks in this weekend. The MTA — which took a break from most underground construction for the month of December — are...
Transcript of Madonna Badger's eulogy for tragic daughters
Thank you all for being here today. I want talk to you about my girls. My three little girls Lily, Sarah, and Grace Badger. And this is going to be...
Pro skateboarder Jereme Rogers busted after naked hotel rampage
Maybe he was channeling Charlie Sheen. A professional skateboarder was locked up Thursday after going on a nutty naked rampage at a Manhattan hotel, sources said. Jereme Rogers was bellowing...